WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday released the following statement regarding the State Department's statement that Israel is in compliance with U.S. law, international humanitarian law, and the Biden Administration's recent National Security Memorandum. The State Department today stated: "We have found them not to be in violation, either when it comes to conduct of the war or the  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSres) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday called on Novo Nordisk to lower the list price of Ozempic and issued the following statement after the release of a new study (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2816824), which found that the diabetes and weight-loss drug could   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 23, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement regarding his NO vote on the appropriations package passed in the Senate last night: I voted NO on the appropriations bill that the Senate passed last night. While hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children face starvation in Gaza, this bill actually prohibits funding to UNRWA, the key United Nations aid agency de  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday called on Novo Nordisk to lower the list price of Ozempic and issued the following statement after the release of a new study, which found that the diabetes and weight-loss drug could be profitab  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the White House as it hosted 35 local elected officials and community leaders from across the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine as part of its 'Communities in Action' event series. During the forum, Biden-Harris Administration officials highlighted the impacts of the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and Inflation Reduction A  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT - Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following reaction to the passage of a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza: "The U.N. Security Council's adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, and access for humanitarian aid is a welcome and long-overdue first step. This resolution could, and should,  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, VT - Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), co-sponsor of the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act, released the following statement in reaction to Visa and Mastercard reaching an antitrust settlement with U.S. merchants on swipe fees, which would temporarily cap fees for the next years but not provide a long-term solution for small businesses and consumers: "For U.S. merchants who have been hit with ove  more